—Victor Hugo’s sequel, “The Chiropractor of Notre-Dame,” sold only 3,000 copies.
—among American prisoners of war held in Vietnam, not one case of gluten or peanut allergies was recorded.
—Gregor Mendel was the first scientist in history to have his own podcast.
—according to BMI (body mass index), the unhealthiest people in America are doctor’s office receptionists.
—the rapper Common has a younger, less talented brother named Average.
—there is no Petco at EPCOT Center.
—neither Dick York nor Dick Sargent appeared in “Sergeant York.”
—80 percent of moviegoers want Leo DiCaprio to stop trying to do accents for the love of God.
—89 percent of the time, the statement “I won’t be on this call long enough for you to trace it” is followed by illegal activity.
—grunge and punk bands in the 1990s spent 23 percent of their time making and playing music and the rest calling each other poseurs.
—the most common Pope names are: Pope John, Pope Gregory, Pope Benedict, Pope Clement, Pope Innocent, and Pope Not Guilty.
—because Elihu Root was Secretary of State following its construction, the Panama Canal was known as the “Root Canal.”
—Spotted Dick is the only food that also has a pharmaceutical cure.
—the average number of plastic surgeries that start making you look worse, not better, is three.
—Oscar the Grouch’s given name is Samuel Oscar Lorenzen.
—the original title of “The Shawshank Redemption” was “Hope on a Rope.”
—92 percent of all known facts are not fun.